“Windows 8 on a desktop.” The very phrase makes some people recoil and instinctively mouse over their Start buttons.
It’s too bad that the modern UI has proven so contentious, because aside from the eye candyor eye cancer, depending on your perspectivean abundance of welcome nuts-and-bolts changes makes Windows 8 the hands-down best version of Windows that Microsoft has ever released.
But don’t despair. Although you can tweak and tuck a few things to almost completely banish the interface formerly known as Metro from your Windows 8 life, you can also try another tactic: not upgrading at all. Many of Windows 8’s best under-the-hood improvements can be yours in Windows 7 with the help of a few handy-dandy applications.
Having your cake and eating it too has never tasted so sweet.Improved file copying and movingTeraCopy: Unassuming, yet oh-so-awesome.
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